Healthy Baked Turkey Enchiladas

If you’re looking for the most delicious enchilada recipe to cook at home you’ve found it. Enchiladas can be healthy and satisfying if you make them with a lean protein such as ground turkey, chicken, or fish and bake them in the oven instead of frying. Add in some hidden veggies with the ground turkey. I like to serve mine with some rice and refried beans on the side.

This post was recently updated on 4/24/20.

Ingredients List

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Ground Turkey – I honestly can’t tell that ground turkey was used in this recipe. The enchilada sauce really helps to flavor it up. At the time I had made this post, I used Jennie-O lean ground turkey and they had kindly sent me some of their ground turkey to use. This post is also sponsored by them.

Onions, Zucchini, Garlic – This is a great way ofsneaking in some extra added veggies and kids won’t even know they are there. I like to use my food processor to help chop the vegetables into smaller pieces. When the veggies are the size of the ground turkey they are easier to chew and digest.

Enchilada Sauce – Have a favorite homemade enchilada sauce recipe? Then use it. To make this recipe quick, I used canned enchilada sauce.

Tortillas – If you are on the WW program, please make sure to scan your tortillas with the WW app. Points will vary depending what type of tortilla you use.

How to make Baked Turkey Enchiladas

Preheat oven to 375.

Brown ground turkey in a pan until it’s no longer pink. Drain any extra fat. Add in zucchini, onion, garlic, and cook for 5 minutes. If you don’t like to cut your vegetables feel free to add them to a food processor and have that do it for you. In the recipe video, I cook the onions and zucchini first and then ADD in the turkey. You can do it either way.

In a bowl add in enchilada sauce and 1 cup of tomato sauce. Tomato sauce is optional. Add half of the sauce into the pan and reserve the rest of the sauce for the top of the enchiladas.

Place about 1/2 cup of turkey mixture onto a flour tortilla and roll it up like a burrito and lay seam-side down in a 9 X 13 baking dish. When all flour tortillas are done spray with cooking spray. If there are any extra turkey and vegetable mixture leftover, you can add that to the top of the enchiladas. Sprinkle with cheese on top.

Cook enchiladas for 20 – 25 minutes. Take out of the oven. Serve with some salsa or sour cream.

Makes 10 enchiladas. Serving size: 1 enchilada.

Can you make enchiladas in an Instant Pot?

The protein and vegetables can be cooked on the Saute function in the Instant Pot but I would never cook the tortillas in there. They would get soggy. Instead turn on your oven and finish cooking them in there so the tortillas get crispy on the sides.

What goes with chicken enchiladas?

Other than rice or your typical refried beans you can serve up some corn on the cob Mexican Street Style. It is delicious and smothered with mayo and topped with cheese.

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375.

Brown ground turkey in a pan until it’s no longer pink. Drain any extra fat. Add in zucchini, onion, garlic, and cook for 5 minutes. If you don’t like to chop your vegetables and want to save some time, add them to a food processor and have that do all the work for you. Please note, in the recipe video, I cook the onions and zucchini first and then ADD in the turkey. You can do it either way.

In a bowl add in enchilada sauce and 1 cup of tomato sauce. Tomato sauce is optional. Add half of the sauce into the pan and reserve the rest of the sauce for the top of the enchiladas.

Place about 1/2 cup of turkey mixture onto a flour tortilla and roll it up like a burrito and lay seam-side down in a 9 X 13 baking dish. When all flour tortillas are done spray with cooking spray. If there are any extra turkey and vegetable mixture leftover, you can add that to the top of the enchiladas. Sprinkle with cheese on top.

Cook enchiladas for 20 – 25 minutes. Take out of the oven. Serve with some salsa or sour cream.

Makes 10 enchiladas. Serving size: 1 enchilada.

Notes

myWW points: Blue 6; Green 7; Purple 6

Points will vary depending on what type of tortilla you use. For this recipe, I used 6 inch flour tortillas when plugging ingredients into a recipe builder.

Nutrition

Serving Size:1 enchilada

Calories:229

Sugar:1

Fat:7

Saturated Fat:3

Carbohydrates:20

Fiber:1

Protein:22

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Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based on WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Some recipes will have older points system values listed in them.

This is a great receipe. You have the nutritional value listed. The receipe calls for lean or fat free turkey. What kind of turkey the 93% , 99% or fat free free will come the nutritional value that you have listed! Thank you!!